1 489 mVISIOIIB'OF THR TKSBR
2 Tbe Undera are also Mid to be 12,000 famUiea. They cultivate
3 the rich district of Shflgur and some of the ac^oiniiDg country,
4 i The Kharotees inhabit the h\]h between the-6<muil and the laoge
5 ofSolimatin. They are about 6(X)0 fami lies. '
6 The Alikhails are reckoned 8000 iamilies ; a number tar too greait,
7 Rincp tbev have little land except the plain of Zooirmool, and even
8 there at e only half the population.
9 The Solimaun Khail is much more numerous than any otlur
10 G^iiljieclan : its nurnbnrs are said to amount to 30 or 35,000 families.
11 It is divided into four distinct Ooloosses, but may be taken in two
12 parts, the southern and northeiu, with reference both to geographical
13 and to political situation. , *
14 , The Kyser Khail and Sumniiikye ot Imai^M^ye -form '<lie 'firsts of
15 llieflediv]riofei8{ tliey live to the & iad K <tf Ghmee^ anfl it u they
16 who Zm»iikx4 with l)ie iJildia^ Thejr iiMi^ be ^ about 5dd0
17 funilies e«eh ; 'part of them move in wibttr to Waimdi. - Thty tak'
18 very independent both on the King uid dieir own ddeSk, m km th«v»
19 ncighboaTS tihe AlildMiiL'*
20 ' • The nerthera divimoa'coiinats of die dttuneesjres or So6kUamxye»,
21 ml the Ahmedsjei : thfli'lbniier> whidi'aie most ntfmetona, inh^Ant
22 the country north of the Winrduks, and are agricultural.
23 The Alimedzyes are pastoral, and live in the £. of Logur, in Altl^
24 -moor and Speiga, but drire their flocks aa fiv £. as die luDa over
25 Jellallabad.
26 They are obedient to the King, and did not evoi take part in the
27 Ghiljie rebellioii.
28 The Suhauks arc 5000 or 6000 tamilies, one-third lives in Khur-
29 war, and probably bears the same character with the soutluni Soli-
30 maun KhailA: the rest are in Pughmaun, west of Caubui, and
31 resemble the other Ghiijies in that neighbourhood. -
32 • Thrrngh I have menlioncxl the chief residence of each cUnof the lOUtbeni-.
33 KiutU, it must be otwcnred that they are a good deal oiixed.
34 Digitized by Goo^l